This is a few days late, but I had a guest post go up over at Fat Quarterly this weekend. I talk a little about cross-stitching and show you an easy way to incorporate it into your sewing by removing the Aida cloth (that’s the white cross stitch cloth you see there in the photo). Since the post went up a few commenters mentioned there is waste canvas for just this purpose, it makes the job a little faster because of it’s loose weave and lack of starch from what I understand. In the post you’ll see a cute little project I made with cross-stitch and a free pattern to get you started. Once the stitching bug has bitten you, be sure to check out Amanda and Ashley’s shop The Frosted Pumpkin, stocked full of great cross-stitch (pdf) patterns!
10 comments:
i saw this and loved it! Thanks for sharing!
I love your stitching - so cute. Sorry I didn't really get to see you after the meeting the other night. Who knew the the restaurant would be overrun by PMQG!?!
Lovely post! I still need to try this! :)
Yay cross stitching! It's always good to get other people hooked on it right?? I haven't used waste canvas before, but have friends who love it. My mother in law uses it to stitch on clothing and stuff.
I was reading the other comments on Fat Quarterly and also wanted to let you know that once you cross-stitch on linen you'll never want to go back to Aida cloth. The linen is so nice to work with and just doesn't seem as stiff as Aida. Just think you won't have to pull all those threads out by either doing your method or the easier way - using waste canvas. The only time I ever used waste canvas was when I did some designs on sweatshirts. Try linen and you'll love it. Love your blog!
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [26 Apr 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
I've been bitten and the Frosted Pumpkin is one of my Fav x-Stitch haunts?
Eeek! my copy of FQ is still sitting in my inbox. What is it doing THERE? I'm off to check out your guest post (congrats, BTW!)
Hurray! I grew up with cross stitch and embroidery before I tackled sewing and love to see it gain in popularity again. My mom is an avid cross-stitcher and swears by waste canvas. Also linen is perfect for these projects.
Popping in to say hi and that I'm so honored to be featured in the current issue of Artful Blogging with you! Looking forward to coming back here!
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